Leigh Ferris

513 total citations
20 papers, 423 citations indexed

About

Leigh Ferris is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leigh Ferris has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 423 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Leigh Ferris's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (9 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers). Leigh Ferris is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (9 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers). Leigh Ferris collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore. Leigh Ferris's co-authors include Christopher J. Moody, David Haigh, James D. Firth, Peter O’Brien, Neil D. Pearson, Richard T. Buck, Martin J. Drysdale, Steven J. Canipa, Diane M. Coe and Elizabeth Swann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Leigh Ferris

20 papers receiving 409 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leigh Ferris United Kingdom 12 400 82 59 30 12 20 423
V. A. Bakulev Russia 11 453 1.1× 36 0.4× 122 2.1× 23 0.8× 21 1.8× 35 471
Dae Hyan Cho South Korea 11 276 0.7× 41 0.5× 79 1.3× 15 0.5× 21 1.8× 22 331
K. C. M. Kurtz United States 7 850 2.1× 43 0.5× 83 1.4× 28 0.9× 16 1.3× 10 863
Marı́a Jesús Vilaplana Spain 11 479 1.2× 45 0.5× 135 2.3× 14 0.5× 12 1.0× 15 509
Kanwar Sidhu United States 7 226 0.6× 48 0.6× 74 1.3× 22 0.7× 14 1.2× 10 265
Xue‐Jun Mu China 7 434 1.1× 60 0.7× 38 0.6× 31 1.0× 21 1.8× 9 454
Qunzhao Wang United States 9 443 1.1× 88 1.1× 66 1.1× 19 0.6× 8 0.7× 12 477
M. Elena de Orbe Spain 10 440 1.1× 62 0.8× 82 1.4× 22 0.7× 7 0.6× 13 473
Farina Brackmann Germany 6 340 0.8× 19 0.2× 61 1.0× 14 0.5× 11 0.9× 10 378
Frédéric Miege France 11 718 1.8× 52 0.6× 42 0.7× 14 0.5× 9 0.8× 15 744

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All Works

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Firth, James D., Steven J. Canipa, Leigh Ferris, & Peter O’Brien. (2017). Gram‐Scale Synthesis of the (−)‐Sparteine Surrogate and (−)‐Sparteine. Angewandte Chemie. 130(1). 229–232. 9 indexed citations
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Firth, James D., Peter O’Brien, & Leigh Ferris. (2017). General Procedures for the Lithiation/Trapping of N-Boc Piperazines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(13). 7023–7031. 12 indexed citations
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Firth, James D., Steven J. Canipa, Leigh Ferris, & Peter O’Brien. (2017). Gram‐Scale Synthesis of the (−)‐Sparteine Surrogate and (−)‐Sparteine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(1). 223–226. 31 indexed citations
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Firth, James D., Peter O’Brien, & Leigh Ferris. (2015). Synthesis of Enantiopure Piperazines via Asymmetric Lithiation–Trapping of N-Boc Piperazines: Unexpected Role of the Electrophile and Distal N-Substituent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(2). 651–659. 48 indexed citations
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Firth, James D., Peter O’Brien, & Leigh Ferris. (2014). Revisiting the sparteine surrogate: development of a resolution route to the (−)-sparteine surrogate. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(46). 9357–9365. 14 indexed citations
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Ferris, Leigh, et al.. (2008). Application of an Enantiomerically Pure Bicyclic Thiolactone in the Synthesis of a Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitor. Organic Process Research & Development. 12(2). 202–212. 12 indexed citations
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Buck, Richard T., Diane M. Coe, Martin J. Drysdale, et al.. (2003). Asymmetric rhodium carbene insertion into the SiH bond: identification of new dirhodium(II) carboxylate catalysts using parallel synthesis techniques. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 14(7). 791–816. 36 indexed citations
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Buck, Richard T., Paul A. Clarke, Diane M. Coe, et al.. (2000). The Carbenoid Approach to Peptide Synthesis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(12). 2160–2167. 35 indexed citations
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Buck, Richard T., Paul A. Clarke, Dan Coe, et al.. (2000). The Carbenoid Approach to Peptide Synthesis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(12). 2160–2167. 1 indexed citations
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Moody, Christopher J., Elizabeth Swann, Leigh Ferris, & D.G. Haigh. (1997). A new approach to peptide synthesis. Chemical Communications. 2391–2392. 16 indexed citations
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Ferris, Leigh, David Haigh, & Christopher J. Moody. (1996). New chiral rhodium(II) carboxylates and their use as catalysts in carbenoid transformations. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(1). 107–110. 29 indexed citations
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Ferris, Leigh, David Haigh, & Christopher J. Moody. (1996). N–H insertion reactions of rhodium carbenoids. Part 2. Preparation of N-substituted amino(phosphoryl)acetates (N-substituted phosphorylglycine esters). Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2885–2888. 34 indexed citations
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Buck, Richard T., Michael P. Doyle, Martin J. Drysdale, et al.. (1996). Asymmetric rhodium carbenoid insertion into the SiH bond. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(42). 7631–7634. 64 indexed citations
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Aller, Enrique, Richard T. Buck, Martin J. Drysdale, et al.. (1996). N–H insertion reactions of rhodium carbenoids. Part 1. Preparation of α-amino acid and α-aminophosphonic acid derivatives. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2879–2884. 55 indexed citations
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Ferris, Leigh, David Haigh, & Christopher J. Moody. (1995). A Simple Route to N-Acylaminophosphonoacetates (N-protected phosphonylglycine esters). Synlett. 1995(9). 921–922. 8 indexed citations
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Ferris, Leigh. (1957). A Study of the Reaction: 2UF4 + O2 → UF6 + UO2F2.1 I. Side Reactions and Thermodynamics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(20). 5419–5421. 9 indexed citations

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